Anu Aggarwal, Head – Corporate Banking, Kotak Mahindra Bank said, “RBI’s decision to hold the repo rate at 6.5% for the ninth consecutive time was on expected lines amid persistent inflationary pressures with June inflation coming in at 5.1%, and food in particular running away at 8.4%. We need to watch out for Fed action in September when a rate cut is near certain which will set the stage for our own likely cut by December. RBI’s commitment to inflation target of 4% while our GDP growth is on track I seems the right thing to do.
